An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq., Into Abyssinia: To Discover the Source of the NileSamuel Etheridge, 1798 - 388 |
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Strona ix
... told , to have difcovered them . - I faw at Cairo the fervant he took with him ; the guide who conducted him ; the companion of his journey . I thoroughly afcertained the fact , that he had no knowledge whatever of this difcovery ; in ...
... told , to have difcovered them . - I faw at Cairo the fervant he took with him ; the guide who conducted him ; the companion of his journey . I thoroughly afcertained the fact , that he had no knowledge whatever of this difcovery ; in ...
Strona xiii
... told by a Francifcan monk , who went with the caravan from Abyffinia to Cairo , that he was witness of an ox being killed , and immediately devoured by the band of travellers . One reason , perhaps , for this ufage may be , the great ...
... told by a Francifcan monk , who went with the caravan from Abyffinia to Cairo , that he was witness of an ox being killed , and immediately devoured by the band of travellers . One reason , perhaps , for this ufage may be , the great ...
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... told Mr. Bruce too that he would find a petrified city but the only curiosity he saw there was the jerboa , a fpecies of mice little inferior in agility and activity to the winged tribes . He advanced next to Ptolemeta , on the fea ...
... told Mr. Bruce too that he would find a petrified city but the only curiosity he saw there was the jerboa , a fpecies of mice little inferior in agility and activity to the winged tribes . He advanced next to Ptolemeta , on the fea ...
Strona 38
... told at Alexandria , as well as at Cairo , of the danger of paffing over the defert to Roletto . After you embark on the Nile in your way to Cairo , you hear of pilots , The art of ferpent - eating , for which the ancient Pfylli of ...
... told at Alexandria , as well as at Cairo , of the danger of paffing over the defert to Roletto . After you embark on the Nile in your way to Cairo , you hear of pilots , The art of ferpent - eating , for which the ancient Pfylli of ...
Strona 41
... told him he came upon his meflage . He faid , " I thank you , did I fend for you and without giving him leave to reply , went હ on , O true , I did fo , " and fell to reading his paper again . After this was over , he complained that ...
... told him he came upon his meflage . He faid , " I thank you , did I fend for you and without giving him leave to reply , went હ on , O true , I did fo , " and fell to reading his paper again . After this was over , he complained that ...
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Strona 240 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Strona 240 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat; and it was so.
Strona 240 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Strona 290 - ... which had uniformly and without exception followed them all. Fame, riches, and honour had been held out for a series of ages to every individual...
Strona 240 - ... full that he is in constant danger of being choked. This is a mark of grandeur. The greater the man would seem to be, the larger piece he takes in his mouth ; and the more noise he makes in chewing it, . the more polite he is thought to be. They have, indeed, a proverb that says, " Beggars and thieves only eat small pieces, or without making a noise.
Strona 217 - A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or a conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn, or horn, and is only worn in reviews or parades after victory.
Strona 331 - His left hand is employed -grasping the sword by the handle, and about fourteen inches of the blade is covered with whip-cord. This part he takes in his right hand, without any danger of being hurt by it ; and, though the edges of the lower part of the sword are as sharp as a razor, he carries it without a scabbard.
Strona 380 - ... did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more.
Strona 203 - I thought we were to pitch our tent: the drivers suddenly tripped up the cow, and gave the poor animal a very rude fall upon the ground, which was but the beginning of her sufferings. One of them sat across her neck, holding down her head by the horns, the other twisted the halter about her...
Strona 333 - ... came out from the thicket apparently in great anger, running upon the horses and men with all the violence it was master of.